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Hearing Ayr's words, several pirates exchanged glances before quickly rushing into the cabin's storage room. They took out ten Devil Fruits and respectfully placed them before him. Ayr casually glanced over the fruits, then stored them all into Kurama's spiritual space. After finishing this, he turned his gaze toward Golden Lion but did not deliver a finishing blow. After all, the task Roger entrusted him with was already completed. Even if Golden Lion were left alive, he posed no real threat anymore, for Ayr's strength now far surpassed his. Even if Golden Lion were to improve in the future, his strength would never catch up.
"Thank you, Ayr." Golden Lion, bloodied and lying on the deck, let out a rough laugh, relief and a twisted smile tugging at his lips. Ayr gave him a flat look but said nothing. Instead, his eyes shifted upward, locking onto Kaido floating high in the sky, and he issued a cold warning. "Do you still want to fight, Kaido? You've already lost." With Golden Lion defeated, if Kaido insisted on continuing, Ayr wouldn't mind teaming up with Roger to crush him entirely.
Upon hearing those words, Kaido in mid-air paused his assault on Roger. Alone, Roger was already difficult enough to handle, but now with Golden Lion fallen and Ayr still at full power, there was absolutely no chance of victory. Seeing Kaido stop, Roger sheathed his blade with a grin tugging at his mouth. "Your strength isn't bad, Kaido!" Kaido, though still very young at this time, already displayed remarkable strength. Although suppressed and beaten back in a direct clash with Roger, it was only his monstrous physique that kept him from falling quickly.
"Next time we meet, Roger, I'll kill you!" Kaido roared, golden irises burning with battle lust. Had Ayr not intervened today, he and Golden Lion might have already buried Roger under their siege. Roger laughed heartily. "Hahaha... I'll be waiting for you, Kaido!" Snorting coldly, Kaido said no more and dove straight into the ocean. Jhin had been struck down by Ayr earlier, yet Kaido knew Jhin's body was extremely durable, and that single blow might not have completely killed him. Now, he had to salvage Jhin's body from the sea.
With the chaos subsiding, Rayleigh sheathed his sword and glanced around. "Is it over already? This ended way faster than I thought." He had imagined the battle would rage for days and nights before a victor emerged, never expecting Ayr's intervention to end everything so swiftly. Jabba adjusted his glasses and shouldered his giant axe. "If it weren't for Ayr stepping in today, even with help from other New World big shots, it would've taken days to overcome Shiki and Kaido. But because Ayr helped us..." They had seen his strength clearly ā overwhelming combat power that even surpassed Rocks D. Xebec. Without Ayr, Golden Lion wouldn't have fallen so quickly, and the battle wouldn't have ended here so easily.
Buggy gulped and muttered to the red-haired boy beside him, "This guy's terrifying, Shanks. Maybe we should go follow him instead?" In Buggy's eyes, Ayr's strength even exceeded Captain Roger's, and following such a man promised an endless future. Hearing this, Shanks smacked Buggy's head and answered seriously, "What nonsense are you talking about, Buggy? We're Roger Pirates!" Buggy, however, persisted slyly. "But think about it ā if we followed Ayr, wouldn't it be easier to find treasures?" Shanks scolded angrily, "Idiot! A real pirate must have a pirate's pride! How can you abandon Captain Roger so easily?" Buggy sighed regretfully. He couldn't help but think that if only he hadn't joined Roger's crew and had instead become Ayr's subordinate...
Hovering midair, Roger descended lightly using Moonwalk and landed before Ayr with a grin. "I owe you one this time, Ayr." Honestly, had Ayr not appeared at that critical moment, the Roger Pirates might have been annihilated here today. Ayr, however, replied casually, his tone flat. "I've already repaid my debt, Roger. If you want my help next time, bring Devil Fruits. Of course, if it's too few, I won't bother." To him, their relationship was purely transactional. Roger had saved him at the Valley of the Gods; today, Ayr returned the favor at the Atwal waters. Now, there was no more debt between them.
"Ayr, you're so heartless!" Roger laughed bitterly. Logically, after saving each other's lives, shouldn't they become comrades-in-arms? But Ayr's attitude made it clear: in his mind, their relationship was business, not friendship. "I don't need friends," Ayr said calmly. In the pirate world, he had never truly treated anyone as a friend. Even Edward Newgate ā Whitebeard ā was only a kindred spirit, nothing deeper.
"Hahaha... your character really fascinates me, Ayr!" Roger burst into laughter. That disdain for bonds, that disdain for the world ā Roger admired it immensely. He then shifted the conversation. "By the way, Ayr... are you interested in the blank history?" Roger and his crew had long pursued the Road Poneglyphs and the hidden truths of the world, though finding them was no easy task. If Ayr were interested, perhaps they could borrow his terrifying power and influence to locate the Poneglyphs faster.
"No interest," Ayr shook his head slightly. His only goal now was to gather as many Devil Fruits as possible. As for other matters, he couldn't care less.
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